Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-06-09

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A VI. q o. Engine HsxpAsass wsah
plnnssroun aaa Fms@s hkes4sts@s
Onrgrsn, Pa, June 7.-Ensizs No.
oaa attached to a south bound freight
train on the Baltimore h Philadaiphis
abroad exploded In front Of the paasen-
car station mere AZ $40 o'clock this morn
fnR and, besides killing one and inlurme
several 1s nearly demolished the pretty M
tie station building.
The train was engaged In Hhiffipg cars,
and when stopped In front Of the station
witbout a mpment's warning the boiler
was torn TO atoms and the air Oiled Win
pieces Of pipe, iron, missiles, tlmperi
eteam and boiling wafer. feopie Weso
standing on the'platform nearly aiongside
the fated boiler, and some were scaieeo
and cut with flying slate or timber. one
man, carpenter on the road, living IN
baltimore, whose name no one knew,
was instantly killed. John Murphy,
AGED 81 years, telegraph opera
tor resident Of Second and
Kerlin streets, was scalded and injured
he auing missiles 30 badly that his death
Il momentarily expected. The doctors
aav he canl,ot recover. George Schoheld,
a resident OF this city, painter on the
FOND. was severely scalded and cutthough
/ not seriously. A. j. Benjamin, station
agent, was also severely cut about the
face and Ecalded. His noee was broken
and one eye badly cut. He will recover.
His son had one ankle sprained. James
n ClaTke. a carpenter on the road, was
fonnd in the water-closet covered with
debris and painfully injured: Inc
lanitress, Mrs. William showers,
oolored Of Chester, was badly
injured about the body and head. her
condition is dangerous. Another woman,
whose name could not be learned, was
struck in the side by piece Of Pipe and
dangerously injured. Seven or eight
other men were either slightly out OF
aoalded. but not badly hurt. II. Ia
Blakely, the fireman, living ut $40 NORTH
, Caroline street, Baltimore, WINS on thu
sand box. He was carried many feet u
the air and was severely hurt by the fall
, Emmitt Dixon Of Wheeling, w. Va, Thu
: engineer, sat in his cab and was not In
jured.
One end ii the station built on the oil
) English style was blown out and tn
J other walls and roof shaken 80 that II Il
: almost q complete wreck. The heav.
. slate roof, extending over the platform
: was leveled with the ground.
An expensive shed over the platform o.
1 the lower side Of the track was tor
d nearly down and row OF i've dwelling
0 across the street Jared badly. Holes wer
made in the walls by pieces of pipe, an
q one woman had her head cut with bIici
o A piece Of the bell WINS blown throug
J, the roof house square away and poi
z tons Of the engine were found thrs
}. squares away.
' The explosion was heard all over th
Ia city. Houses trembled. Glass was broke
Il and dishes knocked down, and the creates
p excitement prevailed everywhere.
wreeking train was Immediately dii
patched 70 the scene Of the disaster, an
the tracks were soon cleared away an
the bent and twisted rails replaced b
n new ones sd that other trims could pas
Scarcely anything but the trucks Of u
" engine was left standing. The injure
ID were carried TO house close by, and q
0. the doctors in the city summoned
at attend TO their wounds. Carriages wei
D. provided TO convey those who could
is taken to their homes and everything pc
ID sible done to alleviate their suffering
OF The loss on destroyed property wi
n amount TO many thousand dollars.
20 EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE.
= An extra edition of the Chester Tim
q gives the following details Of the ca
N ualty; A little after O'Clock this NOR
Al aNxttl. hN,,,,A 4Sasr,hA ANaft, M.
ia into the Baltimore X Ohio railroad depC
a. at Twelfth street and Providence avenu
IA drawing dozen cars or 80. II Htopp
ma and began shifting part Of its load to I
ra siding on the northern side of Uplai
Ia street. While doing this work and mo
n ing along slowly there was a terrible {
4 ploslon and the noxt moment the air "
n filled with iron pipes, bits Of timber al
n. other debris, while everything was eny
IL oped in hob steam.
aa simultaneously the sheds adjoining
b station on the northern side collapH
m and fell with crash, resembling thu
a. der, while q portion Of the building cai
down with it. Shrieks filled the air 10
Yn moment and then everything becal
quiet.
As If by magic, crowds gathered a
willing hands began the work OF assist
40 the wounded. One man lay near the d
ma mantled locomotive with his face cut a
aa covered with blood, his hands bleed
Va and his clothes saturated with water.
no was carried to St@ver's drug store, n
by, but he soon passed. away, ard ,
a, "a fied 10 the dopot and placed Ia a
- Va.ts apartment lie wac n AtrRnper 4
Va no one couldNe his name.
ng THE WRECKED pKpor.
ne The depot is badly wrecked,
Ide shapely building being dismantled, Q
W. some OF the timbers Bplintered and TO
ar. The sheds on the northern end OF
piy station are in kindling wood, while la
sut part OF the main structure has fallen 4
"a tue entire building has suffered. 4
re- Sheds on the southern side have a
is cash in the roof opposite the place VIII
ep- the locomotive stood, and had il not b,
md for this protection tho houses on TweI
hat street would have suffered terribly i
eft life doubtless been lost. Bita of timb
pieces OF boiler pipe, slate and other
ont Dris lies scattered for many feet aror
the wreck.
The locomotive 10 torn in the centre
though IT had been made of tin. i
No. tubes are twisted and broken, the n
box was blown into the air and the he
light thrown violently to the depot D
Ter form.
CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION.
Iba The cause Of the explosion CANNOT
Al detekmined Mt once, but the engineer
pho II wffa not due to low water, as the On
!, indicated the usual amonnt An inv